Australian men’s Olympic basketball team for Beijing
July 14, 2008
The Australian basketball team for the Beijing Olympics has been announced. The team is made up of the following:
David Andersen / Forward/Centre / 212cm
Chris Anstey / Centre / 213cm
David Barlow / Guard/Forward / 205cm
Andrew Bogut / Centre / 213cm
CJ Bruton / Guard / 188cm
Joe Ingles / Guard / 203cm
Patrick Mills / Guard / 181cm
Brad Newley / Guard / 198cm
Matthew Nielsen / Forward / 209cm
Shawn Redhage / Forward / 202cm
Glen Saville / Guard/Forward / 197cm
Mark Worthington / Forward / 202cm
The Boomers will be looking to medal for the first time when they take on the world’s best basketball talent in the Beijing Olympic basketball tournament. At the Athen’s Olympics they failed to progress out of the group stage winning just one match.
In the Sydney Olympics the Australians put on a good show for the home crowd and made it to the semifinals before ending up in fourth spot.
Heading into Beijing the Boomers have had the chance to get some games under their belt as they competed against recently against New Zealand and Iran in June and more recently they played Croatia, Greece and Brazil in Greece.
The Boomers have just entered a training camp in Australia which gives the squad the chance to adjust to playing with NBA player Andrew Bogut. The Bucks player is fresh from signing a huge contract extension with his NBA team.
Chris Anstey is another player with NBA experience. He played two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and one with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990’s.
The men’s Olympic basketball team will head over to China in August and have a warm up match scheduled for August 5 in Shanghai. There opponents will be none less than the USA. The USA will be keen to regain the glory days in Beijing after some recent poor performances.
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